Paraw (retail, Narahenpita)
Daily food prices, Pettah and Dambulla. Rs/kg, daily.
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Data source: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Daily Price Report - 16 October 2026 (16 Oct 2026)
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About this series
- Source Central Bank of Sri Lanka, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit Rs/kg
- Date range 18 May 2020 – 16 Oct 2026
- Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Checks: 5 recorded for this series, listed below.
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Details
- Name in the warehouse
- Paraw (retail, Narahenpita)
- Read from
- CBSL Daily Price Report (Central Bank of Sri Lanka)
- Source page
- https://www.cbsl.gov.lk/en/statistics/economic-indicators/daily-price-report
- Notes
- Daily Price Report, Narahenpita retail, item as printed: 'Paraw'
Source documents
Vintages
400 vintages, the latest published 16 Oct 2026.
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Source discrepancies
What the warehouse found when it checked this series: the same figure from two agencies, splice overlaps, published rates against ones recalculated from the index, and outliers.
- Disagrees with itself2 Sep 2020
The report of 2 Sep 2020 gives the previous day's price as 860; that day's own report gave 880.
Price previous: 880 and 860, difference 0.023.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200902e - Daily Price Report - 02 September 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 860.0, but 2020-08-31's own figure = 880.0 (2.3% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself21 Sep 2020
The report of 21 Sep 2020 gives the previous day's price as 1,330; that day's own report gave 480.
Price previous: 480 and 1,330, difference 1.771.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2020/price_report_20200921_e - Daily Price Report - 21 September 2020.pdf: previous-day column = 1330.0, but 2020-09-18's own figure = 480.0 (177.1% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself18 Mar 2022
The report of 18 Mar 2022 gives the previous day's price as 1,100; that day's own report gave 1,060.
Price previous: 1,060 and 1,100, difference 0.038.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220318e - Daily Price Report - 18 March 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 1100.0, but 2022-03-15's own Today = 1060.0 (3.8% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself23 Jun 2022
The report of 23 Jun 2022 gives the previous day's price as 1,840; that day's own report gave 1,480.
Price previous: 1,480 and 1,840, difference 0.243.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2022/price_report_20220623 - Daily Price Report - 23 June 2022.pdf: previous-report column = 1840.0, but 2022-06-21's own Today = 1480.0 (24.3% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.
- Disagrees with itself21 Jul 2026
The report of 21 Jul 2026 gives the previous day's price as 1,480; that day's own report gave 2,160.
Price previous: 2,160 and 1,480, difference 0.315.
CBSL/downloads/Statistics/Economic Indicators/Price Report/2026/price_report_20260721_e - Daily Price Report - 21 July 2026.pdf: previous-report column = 1480.0, but 2026-07-20's own Today = 2160.0 (31.5% apart)
The report's 'yesterday' column differs from the previous report's 'today' on 0.2% of comparisons in 2021-2026 (364 of 209,923) and 1.1% in 2019-2020 (357 of 33,249, clustered in a few reports whose 'yesterday' column restates a different day): CBSL correcting a price the next day, or a typo in one of the two. Which is right is not known; the observation is each day's own 'today'.